The disposable vapo of the shelves of all Sunday stores in an attempt to reduce their use among young people, as well as the “avalanche” of the garbage they create.
The repression of the devices, also known as a single -use vape, makes it illegal for any retailer, from corner stores to supermarkets, to sell them.
The prohibition applies to both online sales and the store in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and all disposable vanos, whether or not they contain nicotine.
Retailers are still allowed to sell reusable vapes.
Follow the very high use of disposable vapes in schools and an avalanche of plastic garbage by discarding the devices.
Disposable vapees are not referring and cannot be recharged, and are generally discarded with general waste in black or garbage containers instead of recycling.
Even when they are recycled, they must be disarmed by hand, while their batteries are a fire risk for the recycling of facilities and can filter chemicals harmful to the environment.
Rogue merchants who continue to sell them risk a fine of £ 200 in the first instance, followed by a fine or jail time unlimited by a repeated crime.
The figures of the charity action on Smoking and Health (Ash) suggest that the number of vapers in Britain that mainly use unique use devices fell from 30% in 2024 to 24% in 2025, while the use of vapor devices from 18 to 24 years fell from 52% in 2024 to 40% in 2025.
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said that the use among the young VAPERS remained too high, and the prohibition “would end its alarming promotion in the school playgrounds and the avalanche of garbage that flooded the streets of the nation.”
The Minister of Circular Economy, Mary Creagh, said: “For too long, the vape of only one use have ruined our streets as garbage and hooked our children in the nicotine. That ends today.
“The government calls these unpleasant devices time.”
The executive director of Ash, Caroline Cerny, said: “It is promising to see that many people moved away from disposable vopes to reusable products far ahead of the ban. This is particularly marked among young people, who were more likely to use disposable products due to their attractiveness, affordability and heavy marketing.
“This new law is a step to reduce vaping among children, while the products are available to support people to quit smoking. It will be for manufacturers and retailers to ensure that customers are informed and capable of reusing and recycling their products that ensure real change in consumer behavior and a reduction in environmental waste.
“If the behavior does not change, then regulations will be possible after the approval of the tobacco and vape invoice.”
The executive president of the association of convenience stores, James Lowman, said: “We have been working with retailers, the government and commercial standards for months to provide detailed guidance that establishes how to detect non -compliant vopeans after the prohibition comes into force, as well as advising retail ones about what they need to do with any stock of disposables that remain on June 1.
“We firmly support a solid compliance activity, starting with companies that are already openly breaking the rules selling illicit products and will continue to sell disposable vapes once they are prohibited.
“It is essential that commercial standards teams receive the resources they need to obtain illegal vapes and other products outside the streets, since these dishonest companies undermine the work of the retailers responsible throughout the country.”
The United Kingdom's vaping industry association (UKVIA) said that its members had quickly moved to bring new products fully compatible to the market before the deadline of June 1, but warned about the “serious unintentional consequences” of prohibitions as a regulatory measure.
The general director of UKVIA, John Dunne, said: “Vapeo was invented to help adult smokers to quit smoking and disposable products became the most successful vape products that do so because they are easy to use and replicate more closely the feeling of smoking.
“We are concerned that this prohibition encourages former smokers who have already made the transition from cigarettes, who kill 220 people every day in the United Kingdom, return to fuel tobacco or opt for unregulated vapees.
“We also have clear evidence, from countries, including the United States and Australia, which show that Black Market Vape sales, falsification and illicit are triggered when vape prohibitions and restrictions are introduced.”
The tobacco bill and separate vapes, which is currently making its way through Parliament, also includes powers to potentially restrict packaging, marketing and flavors of electronic cigarettes.
